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| There she is! |
My finally arrived!! There it is sitting on the counter top awaiting its maiden voyage. First impressions of the machine: it is bigger and heavier than it looks in the pictures! but feel really solid and well made. There were some coffee grounds on the unit but this is NORMAL! These grinders are tested by manufacturer so if yours comes like that, don't fret. As you can see the default setting is at a 10, which seems like a common starting point for espresso. The unit comes with nice quality user manual in different languages. The packaging was very secure, so much so i had to spend some time just to take it out. There is a switch for main power, switch for turning on grinding (you have to hold this button down), and a button you hold down to adjust grind setting. Last thing I want to note about this grinder is it's stepped, meaning the grind settings are discreet step and not continuous. This means if your dialing in you shot, you may get stuck between two grind setting and although this can me remedied with changing tamping strength it's not ideal. Personally, I chose stepped since it'll be an all purpose grinder, I wanted to be able to change between drip, press, espresso easily. I didn't jump to the Presso next to it immediately since I wanted to just try out the grinder first. Found out what it's first usage was after the break...
